President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to open this year’s New Year School and Conference at the University of Ghana.
The 71st Annual New Year School, which will start from today, Tuesday, January 14 to Friday, 17, is on the theme: ‘Ghana Beyond Aid: Prospects and Challenges’.
While the opening ceremony of the three-day event will be held at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, the rest of the programme will continue on subsequent days at the Cedi Conference Centre of the same university.
For the past 70 years, the School of Continuing and Distance Education of the University of Ghana has successfully organized the Annual New Year School and Conference.
Each year, the event serves as a forum where issues of national interest and concern are discussed on a broader theme, with sub-themes.
The annual event brings together ministers of state, captains of industry, academia, labour union leaders and participants from all walks of life to deliberate on issues of national interest and make recommendations that will shape policy.
At the end of every school and conference, a communiqué is issued which captures the recommendations of participants and discussants which inform policy decisions and directions in the country.
Source: Kofi Atakora
